Package tie



Feb. 19; 1935. R ra s 1,991,917

PACKAGE TIE Filed Aug. 18, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l Attorney Feb. 19, 1935. R, vBATES; 1,991,917

PACKAGE T IE Filed Aug. 18, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 Inventor 50667292562235,

Attorney Patented Feb. 19, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 18,

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to a package tie and has for its prime object to provide a structure which is exceedingly simple, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, thoroughly efiicient and reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the tie on a package showing the same in locked position,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same in unlocked position,

Fig. 3 isa plan view of one of the plates before portions thereof have been bent,

Fig. 4 is a detail section taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary edge elevation showing the clamping jaws, and

Fig. 6 is an edge view of the other plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that there are two plates, namely, a main plate 5 and a locking plate 6. The main plate 5 is of a somewhat diamond-shaped formation and has merging from one of its edges an upwardly directed curved jaw 7 roughened internally as indicated at 8 and on an adjacent edge an upwardly curved guide 9 and on a remote apex, a double holding sleeve 10 for co-operatio'n with a hook-like lip 11 struck upwardly from the plate. A stop lug 12 is struck up from the plates along the edge between the sleeve 10 and the jaw 7. In the intermediate portion of the plate 5 there is an opening 14. The plate 6 is of a somewhat V-shape formation and is rockable on a pin 15 mounted in an opening 16 provided in the plate 5 and has a notch 17 for receiving the stop lug 12 and limiting the swinging movement of the plate 6 on the plate 5. In the handle portion 6 there is an opening 19. On the end of the other portion 6, the end is upwardly curved as shown to advantage in Fig. 4 and indicated at 20 and is provided with struck-out pointed elements 21. A cord 22 has one end engaged over the hook 11 and engaged in the double sleeve 10 and is then wrapped about the package and extended through the guide 9 and then extended around the package and disposed in the jaw '7. Then, the plate 6 is swung from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 1 and in this way, the cord is held tightly about the package and is not likely to be easily or accidentally disengaged but may be easily and readily disengaged by proper manipulation of the plate 6 as will be quite apparent.

1934, Serial No. 740,519

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a package tie of the class described, a main plate and an auxiliary plate, the main plate being of substantial diamond-shape formation and having a jaw merging from one edge thereof upwardly and curved, and a guide merging upwardly from an adjacent edge and curved similarly to the jaw, the auxiliary plate being of a substantial V-shaped formation and being pivoted on the main plate adjacent the jaw and adjacent the edge opposite the edge from which merges the guide, and an end of the auxiliary plate being provided with an upwardly extending jaw reversely curved from the first mentioned jaw and having outwardly directed pointed members, and a cord connected with the main plate at a corner remote from the first mentioned jaw and the guide.

2. In a package tie of the class described, a main plate and an auxiliary plate, the main plate being of substantial diamond-shape formation and having a jaw merging from one edge thereof upwardly and curved, and a guide merging upwardly from an adjacent edge and curved similarly to the jaw, the auxiliary plate being of a substantial V-shaped formation and being pivoted on the main plate adjacent the jaw and adjacent the edge opposite the edge from which merges the guide, and an end of the auxiliary plate being provided with an upwardly extending jaw reversely curved from the first mentioned jaw and having outwardly directed pointed members, and a cord connected with the main plate at a corner remote from the first mentioned jaw and the guide, said cord being engaged by means of a hook struck upwardly from the main plate and a double sleeve projecting therefrom.

ROBERT A. BATES. 

